Las Casas
BARTHOLOMÉ DE (läs-kä'säs); a Spanish prelate ; born in he accompanied his father, who sailed Seville, Spain, in 1474. În his 19th year with Columbus , to the West Indies. On his return to Spain he embraced the ecclesiastical profession, in order that he might act as missionary in the Western Hemisphere. Never did man more zealously endeavor to effect a great and good object. Twelve times he crossed the ocean, to plead at the foot of the Spa throne the cause of the wretched Indians. He was made Bishop of Chiapa in 1544; but he resigned his see in 1551, returned to his native country , and died in Madrid, in July, 1566. The most valuable of his writings is "General History of the Indies." Spanish
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Las Palmas
chief town of the Canary Islands on the N. E. coast of Gran Canaria; is the seat of a bishop, and has sea-bathing and ship-building yards. Pop. about 63,000. LASSA. See LHASSA.
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Lasalle
a city in LaSalle co., Ill.; on the Illinois river , and on the Illinois Central and the Chicago , Rock Island, and Pacific and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroads ; 99 miles S. W. of Chicago. It is the center of a large trade by river, canal , and rail; is in a rich bituminous coal region; and is engaged in coal mining, zinc smelting and the manufacture of sulphuric acid, LAS CASÉS (läs-käz), EMMANUEL hydraulic cement , sewer pipe, bottles, DIEUDONNÉ, COMTE DE, a French clocks and ornamental pressed brick, and historiographer; born near Revel, Lancommon brick. It is the seat of St. bis Mary's Hospital; has a public library; guedoc, France , in 1766. He was a lieugood sewerage system, waterworks, hospitals, a National bank , electric light and street railroad plants, and daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910 ) 11, 537; ( 1920) 13,050.
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Lasker
EMANUEL, a German chess player; born in Berlinchen, Prussia, Dec. 24, 1868. He inherited his great abilities at the game to some extent, and about 1890 took a high place at a chess tournament which was held in Berlin, where he defeated some of the leading masters. In 1892 he visited England, and defeated Blackburne, the English expert. In the New York tournament of 1893 he won his games with all the 13 leading players, including Steinitz, the champion of the world. A set match with Steinitz took place at Moscow in December , 1896, and January, 1897, and this Lasker won by 10 games to 2, 5 being drawn.
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Lassalle
FERDINAND (lä-säl'), a German agitator, founder of the German social Democracy; born of Jewish parents named Lassal, in Breslau, April 11, 1825. Before entering politics he had earned high distinction in philohe sophical thought. Among his writings of this period are " Franz von Sickingen," a historical drama (1859); ; "The Philosophy of Heraclitus the Obscure" (2 vols. 1858); "The System of Acquired Rights" (2 vols. 1860); "Fichte's Philosophy and the Popular Mind of Germany" (1862). He first came into the political arena as the spokesman of the German workingman in 1862, when he published the "Workingmen's Programme ." For this he was arrested and imprisoned. He further developed the Socialist program in an "Open Reply to the Central Committee" (1863). His last work was a spirited attack on one of the foremost opponents of the Social Democracy. His talents won him the admiration even of of Syria, with a sanded-up harbor, on a Ladikiyeh), a formerly important seaport (Turkish rocky cape 75 miles N. of Tripoli. It possesses remains of Roman buildings, having been a flourishing port during the early empire. The present town occu- Mare, founded by Seleucus Nicator, and pies the site of the ancient Laodicea ad named after his mother. The principal exports are Latakia tobacco, grain, silk, sponges, and oils. Pop. about 25,000.
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Lasso
a running noose used to catch animals. The word is Spanish, meaning a slipknot. The best noose is made of raw-hide. The hide is cut into strips half an inch wide. The hair is shaved off and the strip is trimmed to uniform size; four such strands braided together form a rope of great strength and durability. A running noose is formed at one end. When not in use the lasso hangs in a coil at the cowboy's saddle. In use the coil is held in the left hand, the noose is grasped in the right hand and swung around and around in a circle above the rider's head with a dexterous turn of the wrist that keeps the noose spread. At the right moment it is launched with a slight upward motion. At the moment the noose settles on the animal, the free running lasso is given a turn about the pommel of the saddle and the well trained horse braces himself for the shock. The cowboy's skill in singling out a broncho or steer from a running herd is something remarkable. Two men working together, one entangling the front feet, the other the hind feet, stretch an animal at full length without difficulty. The terms rope, lariat, and lasso are used interchangeably. Lariat is also Spanish, meaning rope.
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Latent Impressions
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Lateran
CHURCH OF ST. JOHN, the first in dignity of the Roman churches, and styled in Roman usage "the Mother and Head of all the churches of the city and the world." As cathedral. church of Rome it surpasses St. Peter's in dignity. It is called Lateran from its occupying the site of the splendid palace of Plautius Lateranus. It was originally dedicated to the Saviour; but Lucius II., who rebuilt it in the middle of the 12th century, dedicated it to John the Baptist; in 1586 it was completely demolished by Sixtus V., and rebuilt from plans by Fontana. It has been the scene ecumenical by the Roman Church. The of five councils, regarded Lateran Palace was the habitual residence of the Popes till the 14th century. government. Pius IX. converted a por- It is now under the control of the Italian tion of it into a museum of classical sculpture and early Christian antiquities. as
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